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Internet of Things improving Australian lives
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‘Reflecting on the challenges of 2020, IoT could help us monitor environmental disasters, support pandemic management and enhance the delivery of services to…

Darryl Kickett (centre) with Narrogin-based Research Assistant and Dryandra Wilman Elder Travis Abraham (left) and Wilman Elder Clive Abraham (right). Credit: Curtin University
Healing land and people with biodiversity research
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A Discovery Indigenous research project led by Mr Darryl Kickett from Curtin University's School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry is advancing…

One of the iconic boab trees with a carving in the Kimberley, WA. Credit: Jane Balme
Recording the stories carved in ancient boab trees
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Research leaders from four Australian universities, supported through one of the first ARC Special Research Initiative for Australian Society, History and…

‘Smart’ wound dressing technology
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ARC-supported scientists have developed a next generation wound dressing that can detect infection and improve healing in burns, skin grafts and chronic wounds.

Common whitetail dragonfly. Credit: Public domain image by Christopher Johnson (Insects Unlocked, University of Texas at Austin)
Insect wings might be the new weapon against ‘superbugs’
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A team of scientists has revealed how nanomaterials inspired by insect wings are able to destroy bacteria on contact, which holds promise for a new era of…

Rodney kirk, Jiawen Li. Credit: University of Adelaide.
Tiny tech gets to the heart of disease
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A team of researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP) has developed the world’s tiniest endoscope.

Professor Hutmacher (R) demonstrating the chest implant with Dr Matthew Cheng (L). Credit: Metro South Health.
World-first 3D printed chest reconstruction implant
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A world-first 3D printed chest reconstruction implant is the outcome of years of research led by Professor Dietmar W. Hutmacher, director of the ARC Industrial…

Fuorescent pictures of a human colon organoid stained for E-cadherin in red and DAPI in blue. Credit: Dr Thierry Jarde
New research reveals the damaging role of a superbug in the gut
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An ARC-supported research collaboration at Monash University's Biomedicine Discovery Institute has revealed that a bacterial superbug can prevent stem cells in…

Professor Antonio Di leva. Credit: Macquarie Neurosurgery.
Artificial Intelligence improving the study of brain disease
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A team of Macquarie University neurosurgery and computer science researchers, including ARC Future Fellow, Professor Antonio Di Ieva, is investigating the use…

Professor Sharon Parker. Credit: Centre for Transformative Work Design.
The changing workforce under COVID-19
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Professor Sharon Parker is an ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow at Curtin University, who has established the Centre for Transformative Work…

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Economic modelling of COVID-19 scenarios
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Early in the pandemic, in March 2020, researchers Professor Warwick McKibbin and Roshen Fernando in the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research…

The novel gown.
Rolling out a paper-based medical gown
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As mass shortages, poorly manufactured and misused personal protective equipment (PPE) continues to plague many countries in their fight against COVID-19,…